As they say in Scandinavia, there’s no bad weather, only bad clothing. As we head into the Christmas season and winter, make sure your loved ones are prepared for every eventuality
After a year of pain, patience and rehab in some of London’s best clinics, Annabel Illingworth rediscovers her passion for mountains on the slopes of Big Sky, Montana
From steaming sulphur pots to glacial ice sheets, Kerlingarfjöll deals in extremes. Nick Savage gets the measure of one of Iceland’s least hospitable mountain ranges
Skip the high-altitude ham sandwiches and budget booze, Courchevel is a powder playground for the ultra-rich. Christy Spring checks into a chalet costing over £126,000 a week to see if it’s worth the dough
Home to Europe’s freestyle scene and the world’s largest halfpipe, LAAX eschews ski-resort clichés with a freestyle academy, vegetarian eateries and intimate bars
Once prescribed as medicine for the frazzled, Europe’s mountains still trade on their promise of cure. In the Tyrolean Alps, Christy Spring checks into Eriro – a nine-room hideaway where luxury involves slipping off the map
Cycling through the remote Taurus Mountains, Christy Spring discovers that e-bikes do more than ease the climbs – they shrink distances, bridge generations, and open up a Turkey most travellers never see
In the 68th issue of Escapism, we take a look at mountains and everything you can do on them – from cat-skiing to mountain biking to wellness and beyond – exploring the physical, emotional and cultural dimensions of these austere, sublime landscapes. From comprehensive roundups and gear guides to first-person feature and photo-led sections, the issue celebrates altitude in all its forms and asks why the peaks continue to pull us upwards. We move from powder days and alpine refuges to hot springs and high-plateau trail runs, meeting the guides, makers and communities who shape life above the treeline. Expect reflective writing, vivid photography and grounded, human-centred travel that privileges depth over distance.
